Europa league: introduced in 1971 as the UEFA Cup

europa league Introduced in 1971 as the UEFA Cup , it replaced the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup . From the 2004–05 season a group stage was added before the knockout phase. The competition took on its current name in 2009 , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] following a change in format. [ 3 ] The 2009 re-branding included a merge with the UEFA Intertoto Cup , producing an enlarged competition format, with an expanded group stage and a change in qualifying criteria. In the 2024–25 season, the group stage was replaced with an expanded league phase of 36 teams.. kết quả của uefa europa league Europa League thường tổ chức vào rạng sáng giờ Việt Nam, fan thức trắng đêm xem trực tiếp không phải chuyện hiếm. kết quả europa league Before the 2004–05 season , the tournament consisted of one qualifying round, followed by a series of knockout rounds. The sixteen non-qualifiers from the final qualifying round of the Champions League entered at the first round proper; later in the tournament, the survivors were joined by third-place finishers from the (first) group stage of the Champions League.